Alpha Aviation Mission Outreach Center, Aug/Sept 2003 Newsletter

Alpha Aviation flys a mission team
to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
as ministry servants to Pastor Saul Gonzalez.

Randy & Charli Baumann

P.O. Box 692111 - TULSA, OK 74169 - (918)438-7812 - Aug/Sept 2003

Mission trip to
Children of the Dump

Children giving themselves baths in
five-gallon buckets at a typical family
dwelling at the dump.

"Children of the Dump"

We were able to help with the
feeding programs and give haircuts

Pastor Saul & his wife, Raquel

Sorting clothes

Sorting and distributing clothes, toothpaste and toothbrushes to the children at the School of Champions

Saúl Gonzalez, pastor of Perdon y Amistad Church (translation: church of forgiveness and friendship), has established 34 missions, churches and programs with services for prisoners, addicts, children and the poor.

Our mission as a team was to help with four areas of his ministry:
Children of the Dump
School of Champions
Prison Ministry
Churches in other Locations
Pastor Saúl’s church is currently feeding 3,500 meals per day to the children of the city dump. Their goal is to feed 5,000 each day.

Children of the Dump ministry works to bring relief and hope to the needy children and families living in and around the dump through:

feeding programs
volunteer medical care
present the gospel of Jesus
education

School of Champions — built by Pastor Saúl on property close to the city dump for educating the children in computer and language schools.

Prison ministry — Pastor Saúl sends teams to minister in four prisons.

Churches in other Locations — Pastor Saúl oversees 47 churches within a 6-hour drive of Puerto Vallarta.

Prison Ministry

Pastor Saúl arranged for our mission team to minister inside a local prison. Three ladies from our mission team shared the Word and love of Jesus to about 20 women prisoners. They were anxious to learn more about God and His love for them. We prayed for several specific prayer requests. The ladies were encouraged and received hope in knowing that God loves and cares for them no matter where they are. Our time limit was 30 minutes so we had to talk fast.

Four men from the team shared in three cell blocks. Their time limit was two hours and had time to minister to more inmates. They had about 50 responses from men eager to receive from God. We referred the ones that needed follow-up ministry to Pastor Saúl. (Photos were not allowed.)

Ministry Trip to Manzanillo

One of Saúl’s churches is in the town of Manzanillo, which is about 90 miles from Puerto Vallarta and has a population of around 100,000. He sent Randy, Charli and Kevin Sidener there to minister. Randy ministered the Word and the Holy Spirit moved. Over 50 people came forward for prayer.

Pastor Saúl sent two drivers with us as it was an all night drive back to Puerto Vallarta. We left Puerto Vallarta at 11:30 a.m. — began church service at 8:00 p.m. — left Manzanillo at 11:30 pm and arrived back in Puerto Vallarta at 5:30 a.m.

The local pastor’s name of that church is Rigoberto Vicchis Hernández. He is 25 years old and began preaching when he was 14. Rigoberto told us several times how honored he was that we would come so far to minister to him and his church body.

Our Frist Bible School Graduation
Bible school graduating class

From left to right:
Front row: Lew Kenyon, Marion Purkey, Kevin Seidner, Charli Baumann, Betty Porter, Mary Blanton.
Back row: Bob Keefover, Randy Baumann, John Porter
Bob Reynolds was not present for photo.

Alpha Aviation’s first Hands-On Bible School began January 14, 2002 and ended June 17, 2003. We had a total of 10 students to complete the class.

A few of the subjects covered were:

What it Means to be Born Again
How to Study the Word of God
Authority of the Believer
What Happened from the Cross to the Throne
Identification with Christ
Our Union with Christ
Laying on of Hands
How to Pray for the Sick
The Need for a Local Pastor
...and many more

Dave & Shelby Lunday
Directors of
Hands On Bible School

Aviation Missin Conference 2003 October 23, 24, 25, & 26
IT’S ALMOST HERE----
THE 4TH ANNUAL AVIATION MISSION CONFERENCE!
Have you ever wanted to go on a short-term mission trip? Now is your chance and you won’t need to leave the U.S.!

We are doing an outreach to the Hispanic Communities in Tulsa in conjunction with the Conference.

Hispanic restaurants and small businesses are showing up all over Tulsa. The Tulsa Chamber of Commerce estimates the Hispanic population will grow to 43, 900 by the end of 2003.

We do not organize these conferences just to have another conference. We are being obedient to do what we believe God is calling us to do. This Conference is to benefit others that God has hand picked to attend.

Such as:

it could be someone who has always wanted to be a missionary pilot, but didn’t know how to get started
someone who has never participated in a mission trip and needs a first-time experience
it’s for missionaries that need a divine appointment and encouragement
someone God wants to network with someone else for the purpose of getting the gospel out in a more efficient way
a pastor who wants to get the church involved in missions

Jesus sent His followers to make disciples of all the nations (Matthew 28:19). Jesus turned out to be more than the King of the Jews to the 12 Disciples; He was the international Christ, the Savior of the entire world. Actually, Jesus had been showing them this since the beginning of His ministry. Matthew recorded again and again in (8:10; 15:24; 12:14-21) Jesus’ work among the Gentiles (nations). Yet the disciples had a hard time believing it. Could their Lord really be interested in “all the nations”? They certainly weren’t. Are we? It’s easy to pay lip service to the idea that Jesus cares for the whole world. But isn’t it easier to follow a Christ that fits comfortably into our own culture?

Christ sent us to the nations, who are now coming to us.
--Matthew 28:19

The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shall love him as thyself.
--Leviticus 19:34

One of the greatest challenges believers will face in the coming years is the same that the original disciples faced at the inauguration of the movement; not only to believe but to accept that Jesus really is for all the nations.

As the gospel spread to people of different cultures, there was always the danger of believers going their separate ways. That’s why Paul challenged Christians to pursue unity with the body of Christ and charity among the people of the world (Romans 11:13-24).

Let’s not miss the opportunity to share the gospel with the nations as God sends them to us.

We Need Your Help!

HOSTING AND ORGANIZING A CONFERENCE AND OUTREACH COST MONEY. Would you please pray about giving a donation toward this tremendous project?

You will be sowing seeds to help share the Gospel to the lost and hurting.
You will be sowing seeds into the lives of missionaries and ministers from other countries.
You will be participating in sending laborers out to the harvest field.
All donations are tax deductible when checks are made payable to Alpha Aviation. YOUR DONATION COULD HELP CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE FOREVER.

PLEASE AGREE WITH US IN PRAYER OVER THE EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH:

for laborers (mission teams) as they go forth into the streets of Tulsa for the harvest
for the Holy Spirit to go forth to prepare the hearts of the lost to receive the gospel
for the hurting to receive the joy and peace of God
for the sick to be healed
for divine appointments
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 1 John 5:14,15

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